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Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
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Conflict of Interest
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Chia Soo
University of California Los Angeles, Department: Orthopedics
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Bone Biologics, Inc.
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Professor Soo has disclosed financial interests in Bone Biologics, Inc. She is a co-founder, unpaid director, and Senior Business Development Consultant to the company. Additionally, Professor Soo and her spouse, co-Investigator Professor Ting, own (b)(4) shares of Bone Biologics stock together. The (b)(4) shares equal approximately (b)(4) of the total outstanding shares.
Professor Soo is a co-inventor of intellectual property involving the use of the protein Nell-1 in bone formation which will be further developed in this project. The Regents hold the patents to these inventions and have exclusively licensed them to Bone Biologics. Bone Biologics is providing clones to make NELL-1 protein so that UCLA researchers do not have to remake the cell clones that express NELL-1 protein. The Regents acquired (b)(4) shares (b)(4) of Bone Biologics stock as part of the licensing agreements.
Wnt and PPARy Signaling in Nell-1 and BMP2 Mediated Bone Regeneration
Non-healing bone defects are addressed in over 2.2 million surgical cases worldwide each year. Bone Morphogenetic Protein2 (BMP2), the most commonly used bone growth factor, has significant adverse effects including formation of poor quality, fatty bone. Our innovative solution uses NELL-1, a novel bone forming molecule to inhibit fatty bone formation and to improve the efficacy of BMP2-based bone regeneration therapies.
Filed on June 20, 2013.
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Chia Soo filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chia Soo | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | Bone Biologics | $60,000 - $79,999 |
| Chia Soo | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | Bone Biologics | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Chia Soo | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | Bone Biologics | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Chia Soo | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | Bone Biologics, Inc. | Value cannot be readily determined |
Other search results for: “Chia Soo”
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
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| Chia Soo | University of California Los Angeles | Financial Disclosure | Scarless Laboratory, Inc | |
| Chia Soo | University of California Los Angeles | Financial Disclosure | Scarless Laboratory, Inc |
Notes: When a more specific filing date is not available for an individual financial disclosure or conflict of interest form, we use the year the form was filed. If the year was not disclosed, we report the range of years covered by our public records requests. In a few cases, a start date was provided instead of a filing date. In those cases, we use the start date instead.
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